Contrary to promise of big firms, BPO expansion means destruction of livelihoods – KMU
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While the Ayalas and other call center magnates project employment growth in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, livelihoods and homes are destroyed in places where they plan to put up BPO hubs, such as in San Roque, North Triangle, Quezon City.
In the ongoing International Outsourcing Summit, Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) President Alfredo Ayala urged more government support for the growth of the call center industry, which they target to triple revenues by 2016, amounting to 25 million dollars. He claims this would also triple employment provided by call centers.
“The Ayalas want to expand the call center industry solely because of the superprofits they will get from it, not because of job generation. The BPO industry has been hyped as pallative to our widespread unemployment. It made us a nation of servants, forcing us into unstable and exploitative working conditions,” KMU chairperson Elmer “Bong” Labog said.
“The Ayalas’ drive to build more call centers actually means destroying jobs, homes, and livelihood, as what we have seen in the San Roque community,” Labog added.
San Roque is part of the Quezon City Central Business District project, in which the Ayalas have a P22 bilion worth of investment. On September 23, the San Roque community successfully barricaded against a demolition attack that would wipe out houses of 6,000 families in the area.
“Big firms and the Ayalas do not need to call for more government support with their call center dreams. The Aquino administration continues to steer employment to BPOs and encourage more irregular and low-quality jobs just to patch-up growing unemployment. The Aquino government also spearheads demolition of homes just to give way to BPO hubs,” Labog criticized. #
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Walang kahihiyan at mistulang hindi alam, nang sabihin nitong malaki ang matutuhan at maitutulong ng bansang Vietnam sa paglaki at pag-unlad ng produksyon ng pagkain sa ating bansa. Bilang pangunahing kinatawan ng Haciendero Komprador, alam n'yang ang monopolyo sa lupa ang ugat ng pagbaba ng produksyon sa pagkain na batayang suliranin ng sambayanan. Alam n'yang ang pagwasak sa monopolyo sa lupa at pagpapatupad ng Tunay na Reporma sa Lupa ang tanging kalutasan sa pagdurusa at kahirapan ng masang magsasaka at buong sambayanan. Ang bansang Vietnam na tinuruan nating magtanim ng palay sa IRRI(International Rice Research Institute), tayo pa ngayon ang isa sa pinakamalaking nilang kustomer na taga-angkat ng bigas.
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